1 Corinthians 13:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Common English Bible

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Cross References

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.

Proverbs 17:9

One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.

2 Peter 1:7

and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Colossians 1:11

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

1 Corinthians 4:6

I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us what “Not beyond what is written” means, so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.

2 Timothy 4:2

proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage with the utmost patience in teaching.

2 Timothy 3:10

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

Proverbs 31:26

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Proverbs 31:20

She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Nehemiah 9:17

they refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not forsake them.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.

Psalm 10:5

Their ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of their sight; as for their foes, they scoff at them.

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth

1 Timothy 6:4

is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Romans 1:29

They were filled with every kind of injustice, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,

Genesis 37:11

So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell in us desire envy?

1 Corinthians 4:18

But some of you, thinking that I am not coming to you, have become arrogant.

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, initiatory visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking,

Philippians 1:15

Some proclaim Christ from envy and rivalry but others from goodwill.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you?

Matthew 27:18

For he realized that it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”